Careful optimism for bringing a sweep
OSCE acting president Kanat Saudabayev is, in his words, "carefully optimistic" about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
His joint press conference with the RA Foreign Minister was shorter than scheduled and journalists only had a chance to ask two questions.
State Secretary-Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev reaffirmed the OSCE's willingness to bring more sweep to the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and support the Minsk Group.
In his short speech, he stressed the advantage of Kazakh President Norsultan Nazarbayev in terms of his knowledge of the history of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the fact that he had visited the region with Boris Yeltsin back in 1991.
Saudabayev expressed confidence that the knowledge of the past and the historical ties will allow them to support the settlement of the conflict in a more effective way. However, he noted that the final settlement of the conflict depends on the conflicting sides.
Today the RA Foreign Minister was asked whether the Armenian side accepts the updated Madrid Principles after Azerbaijan declared that the government approves them. First, Edward Nalbandyan recalled that Azerbaijan didn't even want to hear about the document and had been denying its existence for the past months. As for the Armenian side, it is currently in the process of formulating questions regarding the updated document.
During the briefing, Kanat Saudabayev affirmed the OSCE's plan to hold a summit with the participation of presidents of OSCE-member countries and reminded that the previous summit was held in 1999. According to Saudabayev, it is necessary to hold the summit due to the radical changes in the world, the change of quality of wars and the character of military operations due to the fight against terrorism. Until then, Foreign Ministers of the OSCE will hold a meeting in July to prepare for the summit.
After the joint press conference, the two Foreign Ministers rushed to a meeting with NKR President Bako Sahakyan.
Let us remind that the OSCE acting president came to Yerevan from Baku within the framework of his regional visit. This is his first visit to Armenia.
